Whispers in the Church - Jordan, Charlene Hanson
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This history explores the lives and trials of the accused during Sweden's seventeenth-century witch hunts. It may come as a surprise that Sweden had a witch hunt and that it was a precursor to Salem's witch trials. Märit Hansdotter and Karl Karlsson lived in an age of war, religious upheaval, and general discord. Their home, Karlsgården, was the site of tremendous heartache, tragedy, love and survival. It overlooked the Ljusnan River on a pilgrimage road between Uppsala and Saint Olaf's shrine in Norway. Märit was sentenced to death, twice, for things she could not have done. Karl was…mehr

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This history explores the lives and trials of the accused during Sweden's seventeenth-century witch hunts. It may come as a surprise that Sweden had a witch hunt and that it was a precursor to Salem's witch trials. Märit Hansdotter and Karl Karlsson lived in an age of war, religious upheaval, and general discord. Their home, Karlsgården, was the site of tremendous heartache, tragedy, love and survival. It overlooked the Ljusnan River on a pilgrimage road between Uppsala and Saint Olaf's shrine in Norway. Märit was sentenced to death, twice, for things she could not have done. Karl was sentenced to death, twice, for things he might have done. Tapping into numerous historical sources-most of them unavailable in English-author and historian Charlene Hanson Jordan details the customs, traditions, relationships, and lifestyles of seventeenth-century Sweden while exploring her family's history and considering the dangers of an imbalance of power between church and state that allowed the development and spreading of an extreme notion about evil.
Autorenporträt
Charlene Hanson Jordan Bilingual English/Swedish, born in Texas to the children of Swedish immigrants. Rode a horse to country school; Earned a B.A. English/History, University of Houston. Foreign Service Washington, D.C., Scandinavian Airlines, New York City, and German Convention Bureau in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Group genealogy/history tour organizer/leader to Scandinavia during more than 30-year travel career. Author of five historical books, three Texas historical markers, newspaper articles and historical journals. Honored by American Association of State & Local History for the book and display "Crossroads Elgin." Community service and grant writer obtaining funding to establish the Elgin Depot Museum in Texas.